Soon after taking office in January, Trump paused all refugee admissions, saying they would resume only if deemed in the national interest. (AP Photo)

US President Donald Trump has set the refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, the lowest cap on record, according to a White House document released on Thursday. The move marks the latest step in his administration’s effort to reshape refugee policy both in the US and globally. In his annual refugee determination dated September 30, Trump said admissions would focus primarily on South Africans from the white Afrikaner ethnic minority.

The president has claimed that Afrikaners face racial persecution in South Africa, a claim denied by the South African government. Soon after taking office in January, Trump paused all refug

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